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  1. Department of Hypertension and Vascular Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhongshan Road 2nd, No. 58, Guangzhou, 510080, China

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Tao, J. Response Letter to Letter by Venu Jonnalagadda. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 33, 765–766 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10557-019-06897-7

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